The Last Four Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell

PART I. ON DEATH. 5 I. On the Terrors of Death. 5 II. On the Assaults of Satan at the Hour of Death. 10 III. On the Apparition of the Spirits of Darkness. 14 IV. On the Fear of Hell. 16 V. On the Judgment. 18 PART II. THE LAST JUDGMENT. 24 I. On the Signs that shall Precede the Last Judgment. 24 II. On the Resurrection of the Dead. 29 III. On the Manner in which the Good and the Wicked will be Conducted to the Place of Judgment. 36 IV. How all Men will Await Christ’s Coming in the Vale of Josaphat. 40 V. On the Appearance of Christ’s Cross in the Heavens. 43 VI. On the Advent of the Judge. 47 VII. On the Manner in which Christ will take His Place on the Judgment-seat. 52 VIII. On the Reason why Christs Appearance on the Day of Final Judgment will be Terrible, and on the Heinousness of Mortal Sin. 59 IX. On the Manner in which the Final Judgment will be Commenced. 65 X. On the Length of Time that the Final Judgment will Last. 69 XI. On the Publication of the Sentence Passed upon the Good and the Bad. 73 XII. How the Damned will ask in Vain for Mercy, and will be cast down into Hell. 79 XIII. How the Blessed will go up into Heaven after the Judgment. 83 PART III. ON HELL. 88 I. On the Fire of Hell. 88 II. On the Hunger and Thirst Suffered in Hell. 94 III. On the Vile Odors of Hell. 99 IV. Some Other Torments of Hell. 102 V. On the Company of Hell. 109 VI. On the Loss of the Beatific Vision of God. 119 VII. The Worm that Dieth Not. 126 VIII. On Eternity. 130 PART IV. ON HEAVEN. 139 I. On the Nature of Heaven. 139 II. On the Joys of Heaven. 148 III. On the Joys of Heaven (Continued). 158 IV. On the Number of the Saved. 165